Links: And the Glyph Award goes to…

Earlier this week, Rich Watson unveiled the 2012 Glyph Award nominees. Among the kid- and teen-friendly titles that made the cut were Princeless (Jeremy Whitley and Mia Goodwin) and Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli). Now in their seventh year, the Glyph Awards honor “the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year.”

Over at The Huffington Post, Bryan Young interviews Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater about the controversy surrounding Life with Archie #16, better known as the issue in which Kevin Keller marries his boyfriend. “Life With Archie #16 has sold out, and that’s the best, most direct response to those saying Kevin shouldn’t exist,” Goldwater tells Young. “As I’ve said everywhere I can – Kevin is here to stay. He’s a part of Riverdale and is the most important character we’ve introduced in Archie Comics since Archie first appeared. We are committed to a diverse, welcoming and current Riverdale.”

This week’s NY Times Manga Bestseller list has some surprising new entries, including the final volume of xxxHolic (#1), the first volume of Soulless: The Manga (#2), and the eleventh volume of GTO: The Early Years (#4).

Reviews: For his latest From Friendly Ghosts to Gamma Rays column, Drew McCabe looks at three comics: Sybil the Backpack Fairy, GlobWorld, and a special manga crossover, One Piece x Toriko: Taste of the Devil Fruit.

Katherine Dacey has been reviewing comics since 2006. From 2007 to 2008, she was the Senior Manga Editor at PopCultureShock, a site covering all aspects of the entertainment industry from comics to video games. In 2009, she launched The Manga Critic, where she focuses primarily on Japanese comics and novels in translation. Katherine lives and works in the Greater Boston area, and is a musicologist by training.

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We are a group of librarians, parents, and writers--and most of us wear at least two of those hats--who started writing about kids' comics in 2008 because, well, nobody else was. We like everything from Literary Graphic Novels to blatantly commercial (but fun!) licensed properties. And we don't lump all ages together; we're smart enough to know that a three-year-old has different abilities and interests than a 13-year-old.

Our goal is to cover kids' comics (for readers from birth to age 16) with both breadth and depth, through a mix of news, reviews, interviews, and previews, and to be both accessible to casual readers and interesting enough for serious fans.